# Karvi

Aiolum story: https://aiolum.com/story/karvi/ · added 2026-11-06 · updated 2026-11-06

**In short.** Karvi (AI review of LinkedIn profiles, CVs written for one job ad, and interview preparation for job seekers, Brazil): US$8.6K all-time Stripe revenue, November 2026. Evidence grade A: disclosed by a company or a filing, or verified by a payment processor. Team: 1 person (founder Bruno Bertolini), as stated on the TrustMRR profile. Launched February 2026; still running, revenue falling.

AI review of LinkedIn profiles, CVs written for one job ad, and interview preparation for job seekers · Brazil · AI-native · solo founder · still running, revenue falling · group: Resumes and job search

- Outcome: US$8.6K all-time Stripe revenue, November 2026 (evidence grade of the headline number: A; headline in US dollars: 8590)
- Launch: February 2026; months from launch to the outcome: 9
- Team: 1 person (founder Bruno Bertolini), as stated on the TrustMRR profile
- Outside funding: None (bootstrapped, founder-provided on TrustMRR)
- Main factor: Price
- Meters, 1 to 4: evidence strength 3, copyable pattern 3, capital needed 1
- Tags: AI-native, Solo founder, Bootstrapped, Running, B2C, Careers

Links:

- Visit karvi.app: https://karvi.app/
- Verified revenue on TrustMRR: https://trustmrr.com/startup/karvi

**The product.** A job seeker exports a LinkedIn profile as a PDF and uploads it. Karvi scores the profile on more than 30 criteria in 6 areas (headline, about, experience, skills, completeness, overall quality) and gives back rewritten texts to paste into LinkedIn. The same credits buy a CV written for one job ad, interview questions for that job, an AI professional photo and a job-application tracker. The site is in Portuguese, English and Spanish, and most users are in Brazil.

**Why it worked.** It sells one small result at a small one-time price: the first diagnosis is free, and the full analysis costs R$19.90 in Brazil or US$3.90 abroad, with no subscription. It takes Pix, the Brazilian instant-payment system, which most of its buyers use. A solo founder with an audience on X could launch it in days, and Stripe shows US$1,868 in the first full month.

Evidence grades: A = disclosed by a public company, a filing or a payment processor, or verified by one; B = two or more independent reports agree, or a journalist confirmed it; C = a founder claim that no one else verified; D = reported, not verified: one founder claim or a third-party estimate with no second source; E = no revenue figure found, so the headline is a non-money fact and the other facts carry their own grades; calc = computed on this page from graded facts.

## Summary

Karvi is a set of AI tools for job seekers, built by Bruno Bertolini, a software engineer in Brazil. Its first tool is a LinkedIn profile analyzer: a program that reads the text of a LinkedIn profile, compares each section with rules for what recruiters search for, gives a score, and writes improved text. The user uploads the PDF that LinkedIn itself exports, so Karvi does not need to read LinkedIn pages. Later tools write a CV for one job ad, prepare interview answers and track job applications.

Karvi sells credits instead of a subscription. A credit is a unit of prepaid usage: one LinkedIn analysis costs 100 credits, one CV for a job ad costs 20. The Starter pack of 100 credits costs R$19.90 in Brazil (US$3.90 on the English page), and the Full pack of 1,000 credits costs R$99.90 (US$19.90). Credits do not expire. TrustMRR, a site that reads revenue directly from a company's payment provider, shows US$8,590 of Stripe revenue from January to 6 November 2026, with US$1,868 in February 2026, the first full month.

The Stripe figure is not the whole revenue. The founder wrote on the TrustMRR listing that 83% of the revenue is paid by Pix through Mercado Pago and Woovi, which TrustMRR cannot read, and that lifetime revenue is about US$49,800; that figure is his claim only. Both sources agree that sales fell after July 2026: Stripe revenue was US$787 in August and US$18.33 in October. Since 2 September 2026 the business has been listed for sale on TrustMRR with an asking price of US$50,000.

## Pricing

Karvi credit packs, read on the Portuguese and English pricing pages on 6 November 2026 (one-time payments, no subscription)

| Plan | Per month, billed yearly (US$) | Per month, billed monthly (US$) | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| First diagnosis | 0 | 0 | 1 free LinkedIn diagnosis, no card |
| Single pack | 1.90 one-time | 1.90 one-time | For one action; credit amount not shown on the page |
| Starter | 3.90 one-time | 3.90 one-time | 100 credits: 1 LinkedIn analysis or 5 job analyses with CV |
| Full | 19.90 one-time | 19.90 one-time | 1,000 credits: 10 LinkedIn analyses or 50 job analyses with CV |

Brazilian prices on the Portuguese page: Starter R$19.90, Full R$99.90, single pack R$7.90, paid by Pix or card. The table gives the US dollar prices from the English page. What credits buy: LinkedIn analysis 100, CV for a job ad (analysis included) 20, job search 20, interview preparation 25, CV regeneration 5, AI professional photo 20. Credits never expire. The first LinkedIn diagnosis is free and needs no card.

## How much revenue does Karvi make? The numbers, graded

A one-person career tool from Brazil with US$8,590 of verified Stripe revenue in its first nine months, and a founder claim of about US$49,800 when Pix payments are counted

| Fact | Value | Grade | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verified Stripe revenue, all time to 6 November 2026 | US$8,590 | A | TrustMRR, read from the Stripe account through an API key; revenue last synced 6 November 2026. The last-12-months figure is the same, US$8,590. | [1] |
| Stripe revenue, February 2026 (first full month) | US$1,868 | A | TrustMRR monthly timeline. January 2026 shows US$5.74. | [1] |
| Stripe revenue, best months after launch | US$1,393 (May) and US$1,456 (June 2026) | A | TrustMRR monthly timeline. March US$684, April US$1,151, July US$1,132. | [1] |
| Average Stripe revenue, February to July 2026 | about US$1,281 a month | calc | Calculated: (1,868 + 684 + 1,151 + 1,393 + 1,456 + 1,132) divided by 6 equals 1,280.67. | [1] |
| Stripe revenue, August to October 2026 | US$787, US$88.49, US$18.33 | A | TrustMRR monthly timeline. October is 99% below February (calculated: (1,868 - 18.33) / 1,868). | [1] |
| Current monthly recurring revenue | US$0 | A | TrustMRR shows US$0 MRR and 0 active subscriptions. This is expected: Karvi sells one-time credit packs, not subscriptions. | [1, 3] |
| Lifetime revenue including Pix payments | about US$49,800 across 13,605 paid transactions | C | The founder's message on the TrustMRR listing: "83% of revenue is PIX via MercadoPago and Woovi, which TrustMRR can't read". Not verified; he offers gateway exports to buyers under a non-disclosure agreement. | [1] |
| Average payment in the founder's claim | about US$3.66 | calc | Calculated: 49,800 divided by 13,605 equals 3.66. This is close to the US$3.90 Starter price. | [1, 3] |
| Stripe share of the founder's claimed total | about 17% | calc | Calculated: 8,590 divided by 49,800. It agrees with the founder's statement that 83% of revenue is Pix. | [1] |
| Founded | 3 February 2026 | C | Founded date on the TrustMRR profile, entered by the founder. | [1] |
| Team | 1 person | C | TrustMRR profile, founder-provided. No source suggests more people. | [1] |
| Outside funding | none | C | TrustMRR profile: "Funding: Bootstrapped" (founder-provided). | [1] |
| People who ran a profile through Karvi | 52,853 (July 2026); 71,523 (November 2026) | C | Counter on the home page: "+ 52.853 profissionais já passaram um perfil pela Karvi" in the Wayback copy of 10 July 2026 and "+ 71.523" on 6 November 2026 (translation: professionals have already run a profile through Karvi). Most of them use only the free diagnosis. | [2, 5] |
| Profiles analyzed, January to May 2026 | 26,507 | C | Karvi's own report "State of LinkedIn in Brazil in 2026". 97.6% of the profiles with a detected language were in Portuguese. | [6] |
| Visitors, last 30 days | 2,724 | A | TrustMRR, from the connected Google Analytics account. | [1] |
| For-sale listing | asking US$50,000, listed 2 September 2026 | A | TrustMRR acquisition section. The listing reports 0 offers. | [1] |

How to read this table: a grade A value was read by TrustMRR from the company's Stripe account. A grade C value is a founder statement or a figure from the company's own pages. A "calc" value (grade X) was computed on this page from the rows above it.

## When did Karvi launch, and how did it grow? Timeline

From launch in February 2026 to a for-sale listing seven months later. Each entry carries its grade.

- **January 2026** (grade A [1]): First Stripe payment, US$5.74, before the official founding date.
- **3 February 2026** (grade C [1]): Founding date on the TrustMRR profile. The LinkedIn analyzer is the first tool.
- **February 2026** (grade A [1]): US$1,868 of Stripe revenue in the first full month, the best month so far.
- **January to May 2026** (grade C [6]): Karvi analyzes 26,507 LinkedIn profiles, almost all in Portuguese, and later publishes the aggregate data as a report.
- **May to June 2026** (grade A [1]): Stripe revenue recovers to US$1,393 and US$1,456 a month.
- **10 July 2026** (grade C [5]): The home page counts 52,853 professionals and sells four tools: LinkedIn analyzer, CV per job ad, interview preparation and an application tracker.
- **August to October 2026** (grade A [1]): Stripe revenue falls to US$787, then US$88.49, then US$18.33 a month.
- **2 September 2026** (grade A [1]): The business is listed for sale on TrustMRR at US$50,000. The founder writes that real lifetime revenue, with Pix, is about US$49,800.
- **6 November 2026** (grade A [1, 2, 3]): Credit packs from US$1.90; the home page counts 71,523 professionals; US$8,590 of verified Stripe revenue in total.

## Why did Karvi work?

### A free diagnosis that shows the problem

The first analysis is free and shows a score and the weak sections, for example "Headline sem palavras-chave" (translation: headline without keywords). The rewritten texts are paid. The free result does the selling, and the price is low enough to pay on impulse.

### Pay once, in the local payment system

There is no subscription and no trial, and credits never expire. The founder said on TrustMRR that 83% of payments are Pix, Brazil's instant bank payment. A one-time Pix payment of R$19.90 is a small decision for a person who is looking for a job right now.

### Input the platform already exports

The user downloads the PDF that LinkedIn makes with its own "Save as PDF" button. Karvi reads that file, so it does not depend on reading LinkedIn pages or on LinkedIn's interfaces.

### Calibration by profession

The home page says each analysis is calibrated by profession, level and field, and the site has requirement pages for careers such as design, backend, data analyst and DevOps. This is the difference it claims over asking ChatGPT directly.

## How it was built

Karvi has not published a technical write-up. These details come from the founder-provided tech stack on TrustMRR and from Karvi's own pages (grade C).

- Next.js for the web app, hosted on Vercel.
- Neon, a hosted Postgres database, for accounts, credits and analyses.
- Resend for email, and Stripe for card payments outside Brazil. The founder says Mercado Pago and Woovi process the Pix payments.
- Sign-in with LinkedIn, Google or GitHub, or by an emailed link (sign-in page).
- Input is the PDF that LinkedIn exports. The analysis covers more than 30 criteria in 6 areas and returns texts ready to copy. No source names the language model behind it.
- Content pages for search: guides to the LinkedIn headline, about, experience and skills sections, a page on LinkedIn's 360Brew ranking model, career requirement pages, and a data report built from 26,507 analyses.

Sources: [1, 2, 4, 6, 7]

## Who tried this before Karvi, and why did they fail?

Three companies in our database of failed startups sold help to job seekers before language models could write a profile or CV for one person. The values below are from that database and are not independently verified.

The failed startups come from our database of dead startups, retold here in our own words; Its entries are AI-assisted summaries of public sources, so they carry no evidence grade.

### Jobspice (2009 to 2012; funding US$20K; cause: Competition)

- Promise: Professional-looking resumes made quickly from templates.
- Why it died: It offered only resume building. Free templates spread online, and LinkedIn combined profiles, networking and job search in one place.
- Record: 

### LearnUp (2011 to 2017; funding US$8.5M; cause: Competition)

- Promise: Job training modules that prepare candidates for specific employers.
- Why it died: Custom content and employer partnerships were expensive, and LinkedIn Learning and Coursera offered more courses with larger networks.
- Record: 

### Jobr (2014 to 2019; funding US$2M; cause: Competition)

- Promise: A mobile app to swipe through jobs and apply quickly.
- Why it died: LinkedIn and Indeed had more jobs and more users, and the swiping idea did not create a lasting advantage or a way to make money.
- Record: 

## What changed

Before language models, help with a profile or a CV meant a template or a person. Jobspice sold templates, and free templates replaced it. A career consultant writes text for one person but costs much more: Karvi's own comparison table lists R$400 to R$1,500 per project for a human consultant.

A language model can read one person's profile and write new text for that person in about two minutes, at a cost low enough to sell for a few dollars. Karvi adds the parts around the model: rules per section, calibration by profession, a score, and a free first result. The low price and the Pix payment let one founder sell it to a mass market in Brazil.

## Can one person copy Karvi now?

**Verdict: Yes, the method is simple to copy; the hard part is keeping sales after the launch.**

One person built it with common tools (Next.js, Vercel, a hosted Postgres database, Stripe). The site already lists several similar stories, for example Rezi, Jobright and Resumeaze. Karvi's own Stripe data shows the risk: the first month was the best month, and revenue in October 2026 was 99% lower.

1. Pick one document that people are judged by (a LinkedIn profile, a CV) and a format they can export themselves.
2. Give a free score that names the weak parts, and charge a small one-time price for the rewritten text.
3. Accept the payment method your market uses most: in Brazil that is Pix.
4. Write guide pages and a data report from your own aggregate data, so people find you after the launch posts stop.

**What is still open.** The same tool in other markets with their own language and payment habits, and versions for one profession where the rules are specific (nurses, lawyers, engineers who must show licenses).

## What could go wrong for Karvi?

- **Falling revenue.** Stripe revenue was US$1,868 in February 2026 and stayed above US$1,000 in most months to July, then fell to US$787 in August, US$88.49 in September and US$18.33 in October (TrustMRR). The founder says most revenue is Pix, which TrustMRR cannot see, so the Pix trend is not known.
- **Revenue outside Stripe is not verified.** The founder's claim of about US$49,800 in lifetime revenue and 13,605 paid transactions rests on his own message on the TrustMRR listing. He offers gateway exports under a non-disclosure agreement to buyers; no public source confirms them.
- **Listed for sale.** Since 2 September 2026 Karvi has been listed on TrustMRR with an asking price of US$50,000 and, at reading, 0 offers. A new owner may change the product or the prices.
- **Outcome claims on the sign-in page.** The sign-in page shows "+1,950% visualizações de perfil em 1 dia" and "2 propostas de emprego em 2 dias" (translation: +1,950% profile views in 1 day; 2 job offers in 2 days) without a source or a name. The home page itself says the texts are writing guidance, "não uma previsão de posição na busca ou contato de recrutadores" (translation: not a prediction of search position or recruiter contact), and that the AI can make mistakes. The testimonials on the home page carry full names and say they are screenshots of real messages; this page did not check them.
- **Competition and model providers.** The site already has several jobs-and-careers stories with similar tools, such as Rezi, Jobright and Resumeaze. No Karvi page names the language model it uses; its FAQ only compares the product with ChatGPT, so the dependence on one model provider and its prices cannot be judged from the sources.
- **Other product of the same founder.** The founder's TrustMRR name links to awesome.codar.me, which presents an AI landing-page analyzer called AwesomeLanding. It is not part of this story.

## Sources

1. TrustMRR profile: Karvi (revenue synced 6 November 2026) — https://trustmrr.com/startup/karvi (grade A). Read the markdown profile (https://trustmrr.com/startup/karvi.md) in full on 6 November 2026. Revenue is read from Stripe through an API key (grade A); the founding date, team size, funding, tech stack and the seller's message are founder-provided (grade C).
2. Karvi home page: Karvi · Inteligência de Carreira por IA — https://karvi.app/ (grade C). Read in full on 6 November 2026 (Portuguese). Source for the tools, the user counter, the testimonials, the FAQ and the comparison with consultants.
3. Karvi pricing pages (Preços and Pricing) — https://karvi.app/pricing (grade C). Read the Portuguese page and the English page (https://karvi.app/en/pricing) in full on 6 November 2026. Source for the credit packs and what credits buy.
4. Karvi LinkedIn Profile Analyzer page (English) — https://karvi.app/en/linkedin-profile-analyzer (grade C). Read in full. Source for the PDF upload, the 30+ criteria in 6 areas and the two-minute result.
5. Internet Archive copy of the Karvi home page, 10 July 2026 — http://web.archive.org/web/20260710170159/https://karvi.app/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the July 2026 user counter and the product at that date.
6. Karvi report: State of LinkedIn in Brazil in 2026 — https://karvi.app/en/linkedin-brasil-2026 (grade C). Read the summary and method sections. Source for the 26,507 analyses from January to May 2026 and the share of Portuguese profiles.
7. Karvi sign-in page (reached from karvi.app/termos, 6 November 2026) — https://karvi.app/termos (grade C). Read in full. The address led to the sign-in page. Source for the sign-in options and the outcome claims shown there.
8. Database of failed startups, local export — /method/#dead (grade C). Local export. AI-written summaries, not independently verified. Source for the failed predecessors.

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